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Topic: Underrated Directors

Posted By: Guests
Subject: Underrated Directors
Date Posted: April 16 2005 at 21:35

Jerry Lewis
Stan Kubrick
Robert Redford
Alex Proyas

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Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: April 17 2005 at 00:38

Jim Jarmusch.

Terry Gilliam!

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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: April 17 2005 at 01:09

Lina Wertmuller: Pasqualino Settebellezze is a masterpiece of the degradation of the human being and the power of the man to survive.
Stanley Kubrick: Not exactly underrated, but will never get the credit he deserves.
Ridley Scott: If it was only for Blade Runner, a very intelligent film he would still deserve more recognition, but we must add Alien I which is already a classic of Sci Fi and horror and Black Hawk Down.
Ettore Scola

Iván

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Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: April 17 2005 at 01:25

James Lee wrote:

Terry Gilliam!

Quite Right!

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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 17 2005 at 11:45

utah_man wrote:

Jerry Lewis
Stan Kubrick
Robert Redford
Alex Proyas

I forgot about Ridley Scott

. . .

and Sergio Leone

Posted By: maani
Date Posted: April 17 2005 at 14:48

Peter Weir:

Picnic at Hanging Rock
The Last Wave
Gallipoli
Year of Living Dangerously
Witness
Mosquito Coast
Dead Poet's Society
Fearless
The Truman Show

Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: April 17 2005 at 15:47

Joel Schumacher:

Started with a few teen-movies (St Elmos Fire,Flatliners & Lost Boys)

but since has made some good stuff:

John Grisham Thrillers and Batman franchise apart

(The Client & A Time To Kill-good popcorn entertainment)
(Batman Forever(Val Kilmer LOL LOL & Batman And Robin-Clooney)

Falling Down
Tigerland
Both very good movies IMO.
Phone Booth
Veronica Guerin
Both good.

plus two stinkers:
8 mm and Bad Company

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Posted By: Paco Fox
Date Posted: April 18 2005 at 03:45

Reed Lover wrote:

Joel Schumacher:

plus two stinkers:
8 mm and Bad Company

Not to mentinon Batman and Robin .

Posted By: Paco Fox
Date Posted: April 18 2005 at 03:47

utah_man wrote:

Jerry Lewis
Stan Kubrick
Robert Redford
Alex Proyas

I don't think Kubrick is underrated at all. For example, recently in Spain a newspaper has been giving dvd of his movies, so that means he is widly known and appreciated.

I agree Proyas is very interesting. Plus he co-directed my all time favourite video, Mike Oldfield's 'Magic Touch'.

Posted By: Paco Fox
Date Posted: April 18 2005 at 03:51

ivan_2068 wrote:

Ridley Scott: If it was only for Blade Runner, a very intelligent film he would still deserve more recognition, but we must add Alien I which is already a classic of Sci Fi and horror and Black Hawk Down.
Ettore Scola

Iván

The problem with Ridley Scott is that he had some mayor failures in the 90s (that Demi Moore thing, White Squall, the really boring Conquest of Paradise... Plus I don't find Gladiator THAT good. I still have high hopes for Kingdom of Heaven, though.

Scola is very good. I, in fact, choose films for a Spanish tv channel, and I'm doing a special on Scola soon with 4 of his films.

Thanks for the recommendation on 'Seven Beauties'. I haven't seen this movie, but I have a meeting today where I'll try to defend the purchasing of that one.